I've had some health issues in the last couple of months, and am currently in recuperation mode after an operation. So I've been catching up on some QAF reading
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Thanks, C. I know just what you mean about that S5 scene. I could hardly watch it the first time and haven't seen it since. Even when I was re-watching S5 to do the "Reverb" adaptation, I skipped that one. There are three things for which I will never forgive the relevant characters - one was Lindsay's "too late" line in S5 when she tells Brian that he had his chances to be a father to Gus, but it's too late now because she's taking his son to Toronto; one was Debbie's slap in S4 - she knows better than anyone what his childhood was like and to physically assault him in that way really was, IMO, simply unpardonable; and the third, of course, was Michael's "who would?" line in the scene you talked about. And people still class Brian as "the asshole". Seriously. Any one of his friends could give him lessons, because they all considerably outstrip him. And none of the three ever apologise, or even recognise that they've done anything wrong. And as for Justin in that scene ... yes, well ... . As I've said before, one of the reasons that I had to write Reverberations was that I couldn't work with S5 Justin and be able to write Homecoming.
And, of course, you're absolutely right about the baseball bat thing. It was profoundly disturbing on a whole batch of levels. Quite aside from anything else, it was part of a very strange dynamic where the writers seemed to imply that it was okay for those on the "good" side to be violent whenever they felt threatened or anyone said or did anything they didn't like. There was the Pink Posse thing (the only concern felt was by Brian and that was only about Justin getting hurt); there was, as you point out, Debbie and her baseball bat; and there was the vigil where Ben beat up that guy (who was, by the by, both older and smaller than Ben) without any consequences whatsoever, just because he didn't like what he said. Sorry, but no. Outside of the A-Team, violence is never the right answer. It's just wrong. End of story.
Yes. I just put Mel down as an irrational shrew. But Lindsay is supposed to be the one who really cares about Brian. And to be some kind of "earth mother" figure into the bargain. She falls a long, long way short in both roles.
So they weren't great at writing women, they were even worse (according to Randy at least) at writing young gay men, and they totally stuffed up writing Brian. It rather makes one wonder what they did get right.
And, of course, you're absolutely right about the baseball bat thing. It was profoundly disturbing on a whole batch of levels. Quite aside from anything else, it was part of a very strange dynamic where the writers seemed to imply that it was okay for those on the "good" side to be violent whenever they felt threatened or anyone said or did anything they didn't like. There was the Pink Posse thing (the only concern felt was by Brian and that was only about Justin getting hurt); there was, as you point out, Debbie and her baseball bat; and there was the vigil where Ben beat up that guy (who was, by the by, both older and smaller than Ben) without any consequences whatsoever, just because he didn't like what he said. Sorry, but no. Outside of the A-Team, violence is never the right answer. It's just wrong. End of story.
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I just cannot…
I used to think I hated Mel the most, but over the years my anger at
Lindsay has ramped up and she infuriates me for so many reasons!
Debbie… don't get me started!!!!
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women, look at Lindsay, Melanie, and Debbie!
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